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Renting in Henry Farm eats 31% of household income, more than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns

Owners put the median home at $580,000, between Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 43% of households, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Nobody publishes rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for Henry Farm alone, so this card uses the figure for the Toronto metro area.

Commuters in Henry Farm travel further than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns, 36 min on average

Henry Farm scores better for health than 89% of Canadian towns

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the City of Toronto Health Unit

The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 16% of adults, close to both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). Self-rated health is ordinary for Ontario: 50% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 51%. The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 84.7, with women at 87.2 and men at 82.0. At 9.2%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Ontario.

For safety, Henry Farm gets an A

Measured across the Toronto service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 93, higher than both Ontario’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 34.4 per 1,000 a year, above Ontario’s towns (30.5) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike.

A flood study covers Henry Farm: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Toronto Regional Conservation Authority

2.7% of radon tests in the survey area came in above the guideline, below Ontario’s towns (4%) and Canadian towns (6.6%) alike. Seismic risk in Henry Farm sits near the middle: $0.043 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Henry Farm shares its earthquake risk numbers with the rest of the city of Toronto.

English or French, public or Catholic: Henry Farm’s schools come under 4 boards

In or within 3 km of Henry Farm: 72 elementary schools and 12 secondary schools, with 28,535 students. Senator O'Connor College School is the biggest, at 1,365 students. Only 16 of the 84 are Catholic, against 34% in Ontario. Of its 76 tested schools, 25 sit in the top two fifths in Ontario and 26 in the bottom two.

Summer arrives in force in Henry Farm, hotter than in 91% of Canadian towns

For the wettest month, look to June: 87 mm on average. Between the last spring frost, 3 May, and the first in autumn, 13 October, lie 161 days. A normal January brings 40 cm of snow, the most of any month. Henry Farm sees January nights of −10.1°C on average.

Visible minorities make up more of Henry Farm than of Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 83%

0.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than both Ontario’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

In Henry Farm, November normally means 7°C afternoons and −1°C nights

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Richmond Hill forecast. By December, a normal day reaches 2°C and a night falls to −6°C. Snow is normal by November, about 12 cm over the month. In November, the normal is 77 mm of rain and snow.

Each seat on Toronto’s council stands for 125,840 residents, more than in 99% of Ontario municipalities

Henry Farm is part of Toronto, which elected John Tory as mayor in October 2022.

No public library stands in Henry Farm: the closest, Toronto Public Library - Fairview, is 0.7 km away

Henry Farm is served by Toronto public library, the library of all of Toronto, so the figures here are the city’s, for 3,110,984 people.

A national park 11 km from Henry Farm: Rouge National Urban Park

For a provincial park, Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park lies 35 km off. The largest named area nearby is E.T. Seton Park, 130 ha, 5.5 km away. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 1.9% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town.